Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
9:00 am
Mr. Niall Burgess:
We have a facility in Paris, the Centre Culturel Irlandais, which has received significant capital investment from the State. If one looks at Paris as a platform for Irish artists, it is one of the most important and significant staging points for them. Both of those places, New York and Paris, would be launching pads, if one likes, and showcase venues for Irish artists.